The brown bin

For food and garden waste.

Food waste recycling

All households with a kerbside collection regardless of where they live are entitled to a “brown bin” for food and garden waste. Householders can simply separate cooked and raw food and leave the bin out as part of your normal kerbside waste collection so it can be sent to a composting site or to an anaerobic digestion plant to make green energy.

What goes in the brown bin?

Food waste includes all cuttings, peels or leftovers from your kitchen like:

Raw & cooked food

Eggshells

Fruit & veg

Dairy products

Bread

Coffee grinds & tea bags

Kitchen roll/tissue

Meat & fish

Light garden waste includes:

Grass and plant clippings

Twigs

Small branches

Compostable Packaging (all must be certified to EN13432):

Takeaway cup

Takeaway bowls

Compostable cutlery

Preventing food waste

Where possible we should prevent food waste in the first instance. Read top tips and advice.

Do you know what happens to the contents of you food waste recycle bin?